The 33rd Air Division (33d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on 19 November 1969.
The 33d Air Division had air defense responsibility for an area encompassing Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Mississippi in March 1951. It was inactivated in June 1961.
Activated again in 1966, replacing the Washington Air Defense Sector with its area changed to cover parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Assumed additional designation of 33d NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent Air Force Base in April 1966. The division supervised, administered, and trained its assigned units and, in doing so, participated in numerous live and simulated exercises.
Established as the 33 Air Division (Defense) on 5 March 1951Activated on 19 March 1951Inactivated on 1 February 1952
Organized on 1 February 1952Redesignated
33 Air Division (SAGE) on 1 January 1960Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 July 1961
Redesignated 33 Air Division and activated on 20 January 1966 (not organized)Organized on 1 April 1966Inactivated on 19 November 1969
Air Defense CommandEastern Air Defense Force 19 March – 20 May 1951Central Air Defense Force, 20 May 1951 – 1 January 1960
Air Defense Command, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961Air Defense Command, 20 January 1966 (not organized)First Air Force, 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma 19 March 1951 – 8 May 1956Oklahoma City Air Force Station, Oklahoma, 8 May 1956Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 January 1960 – 1 July 1961Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia 19 April 1966 – 19 November 1969328th Fighter Group: 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1956Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri
546th Aircraft Control and Warning GroupTinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 19 March-4 June 1951
4676th Air Defense Group: 2 March 1954 – 18 August 1955Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri
22d Air Defense Missile Squadron (BOMARC): 1 April 1966 – 19 November 1969Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
